Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-03
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

The frost will pulveriZe the clods. II
possible, should the ground thaw during
the winter, pillow 1t and leave the burrows
rouge.
The best way TO induce the hens to lay
at this season is to provide them with
warm quarters and feed meat three or four
times per week.
II is not too soon to make the frames for
the hotbeds and get everything ready.
save the manure for that purpose, which
should be fresh and free from coarse lit
ter.
Rye may be pastured whenever the
weather permits, but care should be taken
not to turn on the stock at time when
the ground Is soft or So as to trample the
field too much.
An excellent mode OF utilizing any spare
time of winter Is to clean up and burn all
dried grass and weeds. Trimming the
trees and vines may be done any time be-
tween now and spring.
The fall colts may be given all the
ground oats they can eat. AS the mares
will have but little labor to perform at
this season there viii! be no necessity for
weaving the colts before spring.
Stock, as rule, are naturally clean
and will not lie down to rest in manure
pile II more cleanIy and comfortable
HuuI ISl . al pIOfIdSus anu we all kBuW
that cleanliness is conducive to he alth.
Breeding animals should not be kept
too tat, and those tnat are intended Tor
breeding purposes should not be fed with
those being fatted tor market. ii the fe-
males be TOO fat the young will be weak
and puNy.
Beet may be smoked or corned at this
season with but little difficulty, and the
farmer who raises steer for his own use
annually will be provided with a better
quality of meat than if he depend upon
the pork barrel.
The very best mulch for tender garden
plants is forest leaves, and quite indie
pendent of their value as winter prottc-
ton they are worth all the cost of gath
ering and drawing for their beneficial
action on the soil.
A vegetable gardener writes that among
many novelties he has tested he fluids the
following worthy Of cultivation: Little
Gem squash, Golden Dawn mango, Char
tier radish, Acme, Perfection and Favor
ite tomatoes, Golden Wax bean, Eclipse
beet and Early Golden sweet potato.
An old strawberry patch plowed under
gives excellent returns In succeeding
crops OF grain, vegetables or fruits. Tails
is owing largely to the fact that the straw
berry ground is pretty we'll fertllIzed, also
W bhC mass VI tOOte anu lOlldES
under to rot. Thus it has double ma
nuring.
Do not feed the fattening hogs any long
er than is necessary. Slaughter them as
soon as the temperature OF the atmos-
phere is at the freezing point, which is
better tnan when the weather is very cold.
1t is not economical 10 feed hogs in very
cold weather il they be in proper cOndi-
ton Tor killing.
The plan of a farmer for securing large
crops Is thus stated by him: Il tell ny
men to harrow the ground until they think
1t is narrowed twice as much as it ought
to be, and then | tell them it is not har-
rowed half enough" thorough pulver-
ization of the soil is more important than
any other work bestowed upon "a crop.
Feed out the new corn slowly at first,
using old corn in preference, SO as to al.
low the new crop to dry and thoroughly
ripen. New corn sometimes does injury
to stock when fed out too freely, and tie
proper mode is to begin its use gradually
If the old corn is out give oats with tne
new corn, with plenty of chopped nay or
straw.
A speaker before the Kansas Horticul-
tural Society remarked that whether
variety OF fruit would travel we'll often
depended as much on the packer as on the
variety. Speaking OF raspberries, he said
if one dead-rlpe be put with the others it
soon starts decay among the whole broth
erhood. Dead-rpe fruits should be care
fully discarded IN packing fruits of this
kind.
The following item comes from the Illi-
nois Horticultural Society: Upon the sub
ject OF pruning peach trees Mr.. +. A. Richl
favored Keepiug trees we'll cut back aud
opened up so that the interior OF the tree
could receive more air and sunshine, and
thus enable the little twigs along the main
limbs to perfect and ripen the frult set
ting on them, which is always large part
of the product of the tree.
Symptoms of diseases In hogs are such
as to indicate the particular difficulty TO
one who is experienced in their manage
ment. A cough denotes malignant lung
trouble, while inactivity aud mopisnness
means that something is wrong with me
digestion. Very frequently severe cold
may cause them to draw up and appear
sick, especially when the shelter is not
such as should be provided.